Sentences with phrase «recognize adaptation action»

Broward County has gone a step further by amending its comprehensive plan to recognize adaptation action areas.

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Heidi Chen, General Counsel for Zoetis, was recently presented with the 2016 Justice in Action Award by the Asian American Legal Defense Fund, which recognizes outstanding achievements and efforts in advancing social justice in the U.S. Below is an adaptation of Heidi's remarks from the event.

Article 6 establishes two new provisions for voluntary cooperation and carbon trading, recognizing that such approaches «allow for higher ambition in their mitigation and adaptation actions» and «promote sustainable development and environmental integrity.»

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[Each Party][All Parties][recognizing the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities][shall][should][other] regularly [formulate][prepare], [communicate][submit], [maintain][update] and [shall][should][other][implement][fulfill][intended][nationally determined mitigation [commitments][contributions][actions]-RSB-[nationally determined mitigation commitments and / or contributions][a nationally determined contribution with a mitigation component], -LSB-, which can be in the form of co-benefits resulting from [its][the Party's] adaptation contributions and economic diversification plans][programmes containing measures to mitigate climate change](NDMC / NDMCC)

Parties highlighted this growing awareness of the economic and social value of carbon in the Paris decision, which recognized the value of voluntary mitigation actions and their co-benefits for adaptation, health and sustainable development.

Or will some of the changes be more abrupt, crossing some threshold or «tipping point» to change so fast that the time between when a problem is recognized and when action is required shrinks to the point where orderly adaptation is not possible?

It recognizes that a portfolio of adaptation and mitigation actions is required to reduce the risks of climate change.

Expressly conceptualizing reputation within its proper context (i.e., recognizing its contingent and constructed nature and taking account of the new mechanisms available to individuals to affect that construction) should lead to an adaptation of defamation law into two related but distinct causes of action: one for individuals who lack the resources and wherewithal to actively construct their reputation and one for public figure individuals who do possess those advantages.